A supply in advance of the Marshall Plan , 10 000 grammes of Streptomicin was sent from the USA to Vienna , Austria , to save the lives of many children suffering from Tuberculosis and meningitis . No time was lost in delivery - immediately upon arrival by plane , it was delivered to the Ministry of Social Welfare . Left Cabinet Council Dr Leopold Resch , from the Ministry of the social welfare , checks the boxes while Major ING Eggeling assistant surgeon , Headquarter USFA (right) takes over the 20 boxes of Streptomicin , from a clerk of the Pan American Airways . 31 May 1948